diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index bbb96cb172..7a2f769096 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -2746,18 +2746,18 @@ impl Timeline {
         partition_size: u64,
         ctx: &RequestContext,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<(KeyPartitioning, Lsn)> {
-        {
-            let partitioning_guard = self.partitioning.lock().unwrap();
-            let distance = lsn.0 - partitioning_guard.1 .0;
-            if partitioning_guard.1 != Lsn(0) && distance <= self.repartition_threshold {
-                debug!(
-                    distance,
-                    threshold = self.repartition_threshold,
-                    "no repartitioning needed"
-                );
-                return Ok((partitioning_guard.0.clone(), partitioning_guard.1));
-            }
-        }
+        // {
+        //     let partitioning_guard = self.partitioning.lock().unwrap();
+        //     let distance = lsn.0 - partitioning_guard.1 .0;
+        //     if partitioning_guard.1 != Lsn(0) && distance <= self.repartition_threshold {
+        //         debug!(
+        //             distance,
+        //             threshold = self.repartition_threshold,
+        //             "no repartitioning needed"
+        //         );
+        //         return Ok((partitioning_guard.0.clone(), partitioning_guard.1));
+        //     }
+        // }
         let keyspace = self.collect_keyspace(lsn, ctx).await?;
         let partitioning = keyspace.partition(partition_size);